I've used a variety of supports for my beans and cucumbers, mostly different types of trellises and topiary forms I had. The supports I used last year were too dense, and made it difficult to find and harvest these vegetables.
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| Support for cucumber and bean |
I found several ideas on Pinterest and the internet.
I was going to go with something straight, but I've used this type of support before and the vegetables blend in with the foliage.
I ended up combining the things I liked most about a few of the ones I found into my own design.
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| Fencing used to build supports |
I wanted the supports tall enough that I won't have to bend over too far to harvest, but they had to be short enough to fit under the greenhouse.
Another thing I like about the arch design is that I can grow the lettuce, spinach and other short vegetables underneath.
The sun loving vines will shade the cold weather vegetables and (hopefully) keep them from bolting too fast.
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| Fencing cut into 10' lengths |
I had some of these supplies already, so I built mine for a little less.
I made four of these - two for the beans, two for the cucumbers.
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| Fence post stakes used to build supports |
- 28" garden fence, cut into 10' lengths
- 3' fence post stakes - four for each support
- hammer to pound in the stakes
The fencing isn't as sturdy as I thought it would be, so the tops might need to be supported if it gets really heavy with cucumbers.
These should make it easy to harvest the beans and cucumbers, I'm excited to see how well they hold up.
I am planning on building a new support for my squash too. Stay tuned, that will be another blog post.
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